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Author: Christopher McGrath
Publisher: John Murray Press
Imprint: John Murray Publishers Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 12.70cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 19.50cm
Weight: 0.330kg
ISBN: 9781848549852
ISBN 10: 1848549857
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 18 May 2017
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General/trade
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
A racing book like no other - a book of remarkable scope - Robin Oakley, The Spectator Erudite, wry and astute . . . extraordinary horses and a rich seam of cultural history woven into a fascinating book - Melanie Reid, The Times, Book of the Week A racy gallop . . . Christopher McGrath offers a teeming, colourful survey of these many stories - Observer McGrath is a sports writer, one of the finest and most certainly one of the most under-appreciated of this generation. He tells stories with gentle understatement and has a fine understanding of racing and its diverse community . . . Immense attention to detail - Sunday Times A vivid, sweeping history of impressive scope. McGrath's eye for a story and eloquent turns of phrase will delight - Racing Post Did I think I'd end up missing the whole of the Euro 2016 final in order to finish Chris McGrath's recently-published Mr Darley's Arabian? By no means, but I guess it's just that kind of book - Sporting Life A good story . . . McGrath is an award-winning journalist . . . at his best when he is conveying his love of racing - Literary Review A fascinating tale . . . Very well written, its narrative racing along effortlessly - as you might expect of a thoroughbred author - Coventry Telegraph
An excellent history ... McGrath is one of the finest sportswriters of this generation ... Brilliant -- David Walsh SUNDAY TIMES A racing book like no other - a book of remarkable scope -- Robin Oakley THE SPECTATOR Erudite, wry and astute ... extraordinary horses and a rich seam of cultural history woven into a fascinating book -- Melanie Reid THE TIMES, Book of the Week A vivid, sweeping history of impressive scope. McGrath's eye for a story and eloquent turns of phrase will delight -- Nick Pulford RACING POST The introduction made my arms tingle as McGrath recalls Frankels's win at the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket in 2011... Racing life, social life and equine life are all neatly pulled together and expertly rendered into a compelling story. each chapter is a satisfying vignette of a Darley descendent, the jockeys, trainers, rakes and rank who were involved. Chance and Fortune, deals and dodging -- it's like Derby Day on the page -- Alexandra Henton THE FIELD A racy gallop ... a teeming, colourful survey [with] a great deal to inform and entertain -- Nicholas Clee OBSERVER A dark horse contender EVENING STANDARD Did I think I'd end up missing the whole of the Euro 2016 final in order to finish Chris McGrath's Mr Darley's Arabian? By no means, but I guess it's just that kind of book... Packed with the result of thousands of hours of painstaking research (the bibliography, in itself, is worth a read), the book never gets bogged down in any one horse or race and travels along at a pace that almost forces the turn of the next page. It also includes a quite ridiculous amount of sex, disgrace and utter debauchery. And unlike so many of the great betting coups related throughout, many of which quite spectacularly fail to deliver, it's an investment well worth making -- Will Hayler SPORTING LIFE Meticulous research and engaging writing... a book to be savoured, Mr Darley's Arabian is a triumph -- Richard Fahey RACING POST A good story ... from an award-winning journalist ... [McGrath is] at his best when he is conveying his love of racing -- Patrick Scrivenor LITERARY REVIEW Truly gripping...a finely crafted tome that insists on your uninterrupted attention from the start...A fascinating tale of horses and those who owned, trained and traded them. the story is peppered with enough scandal and adventure to fill the trashiest novel. Fortunately, Mr Darley's Arabian is very well written, its narrative racing along effortlessly - as you might expect of a thoroughbred author -- Pete Sharkey BIRMINGHAM POST, Sports Book of the Month A high-quality history of our sport, drawing on a cast that takes in aristocrats and nouveaux riches, playboy industrialists, Smithfield meat salemen and the rulers of Dubai GUARDIAN A colourful and engaging tale of scandals, adventures and fortunes lost and won HORSE MAGAZINE A cast of bruisers and bawds, conscripts and coal magnates, duellists and divines in settings as varied as the Kimberley diamond rush, the Argentinian pampas and the Battle of Culloden INDEPENDENT A real thoroughbred. a three century gallop through 25 generations of champions IRISH MAIL Entertaining and informative... a remarkable journey through three centuries, many countries and most of all 25 horses to trace the history of horse racing... [written with] a wonderful light touch. -- Bill Spence RYEDALE GAZETTE & HERALD The thoroughbred among new writers OXFORD TIMES A brilliant read... excellent...if you have any interest in horse racing at all, this book is a must read BOOKBAG Brilliant...Mr Darley's Arabian has rightly received rave reviews -- Lee Mottershead RACING POST Extraordinary WILTSHIRE VIEW
Author Information
Chris McGrath was racing correspondent at the Independent for seven years and has won multiple awards, including racing journalist of the year. This is his first book.
